Audi has announced prices for its two "super comfortable" - model S6 and S7 Sportback. Both cars are equipped with a 4.0-liter V8 engine with Twin Turbo technology, which delivers 420 hpand 550 N • m of torque (in the range from 1400 to 5200 rev / min). With this unit, Audi S6 accelerates from zero to first "hundred" in 4.6 seconds, and the Audi S6 Avant Audi S7 Sportback and sedan concede just one-tenth of a second. Already in the basic version of these models will be a permanent four-wheel drive, 19-inch wheels, sport front seats, "biksenon" and much more.

And now the fun part - the flagship version of "Six" will be worth 3,408,200 rubles. (Estate of 80 thousand rubles. More expensive). For comparison, an ordinary Audi A6 with a 3.0-liter diesel engine 245 hp can be purchased for 2.34 million rubles. But for the Audi S7 Sportback will be asked to nearly 4 million - more accurately, 3,986,800 rubles. This, incidentally, to 1,237,700 rubles more than the cost of a 300-A7 with a strong motor in volume of 3.0 liters.

Competitors in these models in our market a little bit. For example, a four-door coupe Mercedes-Benz CLS 500 with engine capacity of 408 hp and four-wheel drive are asked to 4.49 million rubles. - Almost half a million more than the cost of the A7 Sportback! But the 400-strong all-wheel drive Porsche Panamera 4S is estimated to have 5.212 million rubles. (430-strong version of the GTS is generally 5.823 million rubles.). Although we must not forget that the "coolness rating» Porsche is much higher than the Audi.

Rivals from Audi S6 more. For example, in Russia you can buy Mercedes-Benz E500 4Matic (408 hp), which costs almost as much - 3.45 million rubles. But the BMW 550i xDrive is slightly cheaper - from 3.24 million rubles. (Bavarian sedan produces 407 hp). You can still remember the Infiniti M56, which has 408 hp under the hood This machine can be purchased for 2.94 million rubles.

• Test Drive: Audi S6 and S7 Sportback. Two of the casket